Divider attachment for mowers.



PATENTED DEC. 6, 1904.

H. M. SOHLIESSER. DIVIDER ATTACHMENT FOR MOWERS.

APPLIOATIOK FILED OCT. 11, 1902.

NO MODEL.

IN VENTOR WITNESSES 42%. 1% k MW NlTED STATES Patented December 6, 1904.

HERMAN M. SOHLIESSER, OF MARK CENTER, OHIO.

DlVlDER ATTACHMENT FOR MOWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,693, dated December6, 1904.

Application filed October 11, 1902- Serial No. 126,866. (No model.)

To (LU, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN M. ScHLIEssER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Mark Center, Defiance county, Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Divider Attachments for Mowers;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the ligu res of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in divider attachments for mowers;and the object thereof is to afford means to prevent the divider-pointof the mower from becoming caught in tangled growths.

I accomplish my object by the construction illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation showing theouter end of the guide-bar of a mowing-machine with my attachment inplace on the divider, a part of the attachment in section; and Fig. 2 isa perspective view of a mowing-machine, showing my attachment inposition.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothviews, and referring now to the same, 1 is the guide-bar of themowing-machine, to which the grain-board 2 and divider 3 are rigidlyfixed.

My attachment consists of the runner 4, formed of a metal rod. The said.rod has an enlarged head 9, which is recessed to fit over the point ofthe divider 3. A wing 6 is welded to said rod at a point contiguous tothe head 9 and is attached to the divider 3 by means of a screw 7 Thesaid rod leads forward from its head 9 at a suitable upward incline andthen extends rearwardly and is turned dowir ward with its end 5 restingupon the guidebar 1. A bolt 8 serves to hold the end 5 of the rod infixed position upon said guide-bar.

In using my invention the runner rides over the tangled growths andprevents the same from looping over the divider and interfering with theforward travel of the machine.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a mowing-machine, of a divider, and a runner,comprising a recessed head engaging the forward end of said divider, awing connected to the head and divider for holding the parts assembled,a rod extending from said head and leading forwardly and upwardlytherefrom, and then extending rearwardly and having a downturned end 5suited to be attached to the guide-bar of the mowing-machine, andthereby support the forward part of said rod.

2. In combination with a mowing-machine, a divider and a runner,comprising a recessed head which fits the forward end of said divider, acurved wing having one end welded to one side of said head, and theother end removably secured to said divider, a rod extending from saidhead forwardly and upwardly therefrom and then extending rearwardly andhaving a downward-turned end 5 adapted to be attached to the guide-barof the mowing-machine, and thereby support the forward part of said rod.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN M. SOHLIESSER.

Witnesses:

WALTER. G. Beans, EMMA H. Porn.

